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“ W O R L D T H E M E ” O F T H E C O S M O S
THEMA MUNDI
By Ashely Owens for Santa Monica Astrology Meetup – 04-10-16 ©
THEMA MUNDI
What is Thema Mundi?
• Latin term
• Originates from Hellenistic
Astrology
• A chart which depicts an
alternative to the
commonly accepted
Aries ascendant as the
traditional chart ordering
• Cancer rising
THE NATURAL CHART
• Cancer rising chart is the “natural chart”
• A Moon chart:
Cancer is ruled by the Moon, which colors the essence of the chart
• Used as a teaching tool to more accurately understand the psychological and psycho-social development of an individual
OVERVIEW
What will be covered in this presentation?
• History of Hellenistic Astrology
• Basic Principles of Hellenistic Astrology
• The World Theme chart
• Other Moon chart systems
HISTORY OF HELLENISTIC ASTROLOGY
• Classical system of Hellenistic Astrology developed from
the Greeks during the Hellenistic period, which began
around 336 BC with the leadership of Alexander the
Great, up until the Roman Empire took over in 31 CE.
• Prior to this, the Greeks adopted their astrological
philosophies from Egyptian Astrology systems.
• Alexander the Great’s conquests to Mesopotamia
brought concepts of Astrology from Babylonian priests
who were star watchers. They observed patterns of stars
(constellations) symbolized in a 12 sign zodiac.
HELLENISTIC ORIGINS
• Blending this with the former Greek Astrology transformed into what is known as Hellenistic Astrology, or Horoscopic Astrology.
• Horoscopic Astrology (use of horoscopes) were written in Greek and Latin.
• Astrology is a Greek word, meaning, “science of the stars”.
• From Hellenistic Astrology, we get Natal Astrology, Predictive Astrology, Electional Astrology and the “houses” where the signs inhabit.
HELLENISTIC ORIGINS
• After the Romans took over, they adopted Hellenistic Astrology and developed laws and regulations of how it was to be used.
• Hellenistic Astrology was a sidereal, star based, primarily lunar-oriented system that disappeared with the Mother Goddess during the rise of the West Roman Empire.
• Hindu Astrology (Vedic) preserves the core Hellenistic principles.
BASICS OF HELLENISTIC ASTROLOGY
THE SEVEN CLASSICAL PLANETS :
• In Greek, “planet” means “wanderer”
• These 7 wanderers could be seen without a telescope
• Moon
• Sun
• Mercury
• Venus
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
ASTROLOGICAL ETYMOLOGY
• The 7 days of the week were translated from the 7 classical planets.
• Origins from Hellenistic period during the Roman Empire.
• The Romans transposed their Gods & Goddesses onto the Gods & Goddesses of Greek Mythologies which describe and represent the planetary energies.
GOD/DESSES OF THE WEEK
• Monday: Artemis – Diana
(Moon Goddess)
• Tuesday: Ares – Mars
(War God)
• Wednesday: Hermes – Mercury (Messenger God)
• Thursday: Zeus – Jupiter;
(King of the Gods)
• Friday: Aphrodite – Venus;
(Goddess of Love)
• Saturday: Chronos – Saturn;
(God of Agriculture)
• Sunday: Helios – Apollo;
(Sun God of the Heavens)
Septagram ( or “Heptagram”)
7-pointed star of the
astrological week
RELIGION & SCIENCE
• Sun-day: Planetary Metals
Christian solar deity
-day of worship
• Saturn-day:
Jewish Sabbath
-day of rest
(observe laws &
customs)
• Secular society…
weekends off from the 9-5 work schedule
TRADITIONAL RULERSHIPS
• Traditional Rulerships exclude the “Modern” Rulerships of the
outer planets in Western Astrology: Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
• Moon: Cancer
• Sun: Leo
• Mercury: Virgo (and Gemini)
• Venus: Libra (and Taurus)
• Mars: Scorpio (and Aries)
• Jupiter: Sagittarius (and Pisces)
• Saturn: Capricorn (and Aquarius)
Q: Why dual rulerships except the Sun & Moon?
This can be seen in the thema mundi chart…
THEMA MUNDI
Cancer Rising Chart
• Chart is turned
90 degrees
• NOT a formula of
Mars=Aries=1st house
• Signs and houses
not the same thing
Signs in houses:
• Cardinal in Angular
• Fixed in Succedent
• Mutable in Cadent
Hellenistic Planets in Dignity:
• 7 classical planets’
respective rulerships
• Moon-Saturn:
Cancer-Capricorn
• The 1st & 7th houses
straddle both
hemispheres (gives significance to potency
of mid-house degrees)
CLASSICAL MOON CHART
• Aquarius-Gemini:
Dual rulership
• Mirrors creational
offspring of the
Sun (father) &
Moon (mother)
• Each dual ruler is of
masculine & feminine
signs
HELLENISTIC PLANETS IN DIGNITY
DIURNAL VS. NOCTURNAL SUN
• Diurnal or Nocturnal charts
determined by the Sun
- Above = Diurnal
- Below = Nocturnal
• Thema Mundi is
a Nocturnal chart:
-Subjective
-Explains psychological
and psycho-social
development of SELF in world.
DIURNAL & NOCTURNAL PLANETS
• Diurnal = Day (warm)
• Day planets: Sun, Jupiter & Saturn (malefic moderated by heating)
- Sun rules diurnal chart (exaltation in Aries/10th)
• Nocturnal = Night (cool)
• Night planets: Moon, Venus & Mars (malefic moderated by cooling)
• Neutral: Mercury
- If it rises before the Sun it is Nocturnal
- If it rises after the Sun it is Diurnal
• Thema Mundi chart= Nocturnal (Sun) & ruled by Moon
THE NATURAL CHART - CARDINALITY
• Congruent w/ Cardinality,
Cancer in the 1st
• Cardinal = “initiate”
• Initiation of life from
the ascendant.
• Entry into the
world from mother.
(Cancer archetype)
• Moon = home
and the womb.
• Feminine sign (inward)
THE NATURAL CHART - CARDINALITY
Cardinal Aries in 10th
• MC = recognition,
Fame & success
• Aries = Self, &
fiery initiative.
- Leadership qualities
• 10th House = gov’t
and military (Mars)
• Aries vs. Capricorn MC:
-Fire vs. Earth
-Masculine vs. Feminine
THE NATURAL CHART - CARDINALITY
Capricorn & Saturn in 7th
• 7th house = marriage &
partnerships
-social responsibility &
commitment.
• Saturn’s exaltation
in Libra = 4th (not 7th)
-4th: Earth/Agriculture
-Saturn: Satu, “sowing”
-Time/Chronos
-Death
-Gravity
• Saturn’s fall Aries in 10th (not 1st )
THE NATURAL CHART - CARDINALITY
Libra & Venus in 4th
• Libra: social etiquette
& customs from family
• 4th house of Death
(water houses)
-Sun fallen in Libra,
schism of personality
-Dying into another,
compromise
• Venus: love & relationships
-conditioning of formative years
NOCTURNAL - FIXITY
Leo & Sun in 2nd
• Leo= self-expression
-creative play
• Sun: Personality traits
-Autonomy (mother)
• 2nd house = fixed,
solidifies traits
-house domain
• Leo vs. Taurus:
-fire vs. earth
-masculine vs. feminine
-royalty, kingdom (resources)
NOCTURNAL - FIXITY
Scorpio & Mars in 5th
• Mars: sex; male planet
in female sign
• Scorpio = water
-fluids, merging
-Intimacy & sharing
-act of conceiving
• 5th House = children
play, fun & romance…
-deeper consequences of
a shared person.
NOCTURNAL - MUTABILITY
Virgo & Mercury in 3rd
• Mercury = cognition
(Mercury is still ruler of 3rd)
• 3rd house: school
-social peer group,
or siblings
-neighborhood
• Virgo = student
-refining skills
-writing & language
-learning rules
NOCTURNAL - MUTABILITY
Sagittarius & Jupiter in 6th
• Jupiter: teacher
of life’s lessons
(not the student of
Mercury/Virgo)
-gains of wisdom
• 6th: house of service
(12th serve/suffer axis)
-house of loss
(lessons of Jupiter)
-Health or disease
• Sagittarius: Religion/Spirituality
Practice is daily in the 6th
DIURNAL - FIXITY
Aquarius & Saturn in 8th
• 8th house: death & sex
- “le petite mort”
• Saturn = death
• Aquarius: community
-In the 8Th of intimacy?
Sex is communal/public:
-STDs
-Technology/internet
-Aqu/Leo axis: royal courtpublic consummation
-Secondary house for
marriage (contracts)
-Weddings congregate groups
DIURNAL - MUTABILITY
Pisces & Jupiter in 9th
• Jupiter: expansion
-world bigger than
local env. (3rd axis)
(Jupiter is still ruler
of the 9th)
• Pisces: dreams
-beliefs, spirituality
-other worlds
• 9th house: overseas
-water sign Pisces
-foreign lands
DIURNAL FIXITY
Taurus & Venus in 11th
• Venus = wealth
-satiation from
hard work (Taurus)
• Taurus: Bull
-plows the fields
-harvest
• 11th house: gains
-achievement of goals
-resources
-business network
DIURNAL MUTABILITY
Mercury & Gemini in 12th
• Mercury: twins
-gender-neutral
-spirit bodies
• 12th house: death
-mutability to change
form
• Gemini: (glyph)
-doorway/gateway
to the other side
-communication w/
spiritual realms & dreams
PSYCHOLOGICAL & PSYCHO-SOCIAL CONTINUUM
• Thema Mundi wheel of life:
-born, identify w/ mother
-play & personality
-school & conditioning
-relationships & dating
-sex & intimacy
-belief of experiences
-marriage
-community
-dreams & visions
-aspiration of dreams
-achievement & success
-communion with death
THEMA MUNDI
• An idealized, figurative
chart of the human
experience.
• Moon chart of Self
• Basis for planetary
dignities
• Patterns of geometry:
origin of Ptolemaic Aspects
ASPECTS OF THE THEMA MUNDI
Ptolemaic aspects:
• Venus-ruled signs
Sextile luminaries
• Mars-ruled signs
Square luminaries
• Jupiter-ruled signs
Trine luminaries
• Saturn-ruled signs
Opposite luminaries
PTOLEMAIC ASPECTS
• Venus is the lesser benefic
-Sextiles are seen as a lesser beneficial aspect
• Mars is the lesser malefic
-Squares are seen as a lesser malefic aspect
• Jupiter is the greater benefic
-Trines are seen as a greater beneficial aspect
• Saturn is the greater malefic
-Oppositions are seen as a greater malefic aspect
AXIAL RELATIONSHIPS
Luminaries with Saturn:
• Sun selects
• Saturn rejects
• Moon includes
• Saturn excludes
Mercury with Jupiter:
• Mercury questions
• Jupiter confirms
Venus with Mars:
• Venus unifies
• Mars severs
WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
• The Thema Mundi is not a new concept, it is a technique over 2,000 years old…
Modern Astrologers are interpreting this ancient system:
-Robert Schmidt, Ellen Black and Project Hindsight, who have done significant research and translation of ancient Hellenistic work in their Conclave 2006 and 2007 presentations (projecthindsight.com)
-Astrologer, Eric Francis has an artistic bent on interpreting this system on his website planetwaves.com
-Astrologer, Douglas Noblehorse’s articles from quincunxastrology.com
-Online forums & courses from Astrologers: Bill Johnston, Curt Manwaring, Alan White, Chris Brennan, Patrick Watson & Nick Dagan Best.
OTHER MOON CHART SYSTEMS
• Astrologer, Jade Luna, has done significant work in interpreting
ancient Hellenistic Astrological work from the Yavanajataka.
• The Yavanajataka, meaning, “from the Greeks”, is a
translation from Greek to Sanskrit, which is the oldest text of
Indian Astrology found.
-Yavanas = “Greeks”
- jataka = “nativity”
• Jade has reconstructed the Yavanajataka into a working
system of Asterian Astrology, which is a lunar-oriented system,
alike the Hellenistic Thema Mundi.
(jadesolluna.com)
OTHER MOON CHART SYSTEMS
Hindu (Vedic) Astrology:
“Eastern” Astrology preserves the core sidereal, moon-based, Hellenistic principles.
• Alexander the Great’s conquests to Northern India brought Hellenistic Astrology, influencing the formation and evolution of Hindu (Vedic) Astrology.
• Greek Astrology was modified to Indian culture to fit astral religion.
• Vedic Astrology uses 27 Lunar Mansions: “Nakshatras”
• 360 degrees segmented into 27 parts = 13deg 20min
• The moon spends 1 day transiting each lunar mansion
ASTERIAN ASTROLOGY
Moon chart system:
• Uses Hellenistic & Vedic God & Goddess archetypes
• 27 star divisions (lunar mansions)
• 27 star clusters in and around the constellations
• Orbit of the moon is 27.3 days
(a moonth)
• Appx. 1 day for moon
to transit a “sign”
• Sign is 13deg 20min, not 30.
MOON CHARTS
• Sidereal & Tropical zodiacs were developed and aligned
appx 1900BC.
-These systems are no longer in sync
• Sidereal zodiac includes the procession of the equinoxes,
which indicate what is observed in the sky at “real time”.
• Tropical zodiac is static, which symbolize the constellations
- no direct relationship with the ecliptic.
• Hellenistic, Hindu & Asterian Astrology systems are based
upon the Greco-Roman, sidereal, lunar-based Astrology
SUN AND MOON
• Western Astrology uses Sun signs
Sun vs. Moon:
-Sun defines the power of a person
-Moon defines the nature & primary personality of a person in horoscopic astrology.
• Need to re-connect to our natural selves in relationships to ourselves & others:
-Natural rhythms (Moon), of our bodies (1st house) is the ultimate act of self-care and self-love (Cancer).
-FIN-
Thema Mundi = (old) NEW “World Order” chart
Represented by the Moon Mother
Honoring of our true natures
Thank you
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